E/1992/22/Add.l/Rev.l E/CR4/1992/84/Àdd.l/Rev.l
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION
(13-14 August 1992)
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
OFFICIAL RECORDS, 1992
SUPPLEMENT No. 2A
UNTIED NATIONS
New York, 1992 CONTENTS
Chapter Paragraphs Page
I. Draft decision recommended for adoption by the Economic and Social Council * 1
II. Resolution adopted by the Commission at its
first special session *. * ...«...«. 2
III. Organization of the session .•••*. 1-22 8
A. Opening and duration of the session .•••• 3 - 4 8 В • Attendance .....* 5 8 C. Officers * 6 9 D. Agenda • 7 - 13 9 E* Organization of work *»*»..... 14-16 10 F. Meetings, resolution and documentation 17-20 10 G. Other matters • . • 21 - 22 10 IV* Letter dated 5 August 1992 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Under-Secretary-General for Human Eights • * 23-41 11
V. Report to the Economic and Social Council on
the first special session 42 14
Annexes
I. Attendance . * • • « 15
II, Agenda • 22 III* Administrative and programme budget implications of the resolution adopted by the Commission at its first special session • * • 23
IV, List of documents issued for the first special session of the Commission *. • » 24
- xix - I. DRAFT DECISION RECOMMENDED FOE ADOPTION BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
The situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
The Economic and Social Council endorses resolution 1992/S-l/l of 14 August 1992, adopted by the Commission on Human Rights at its first special session*
—1— II. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION AT ITS FIRST SPECIAL SESSION .
1992/S-l/l* The situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
The Commission on Human Rights,
Meeting in special session,
Guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights/ the International Covenants on Human Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and accepted humanitarian rules, including those set out in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the protection of war victims and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977,
Guided also by the need to implement the principles set out in the aforementioned instruments,
Aware of its responsibility to promote and encourage respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, and resolved to remain vigilant with regard to violations of human rights wherever they may occur and to prevent such violations,
Appalled at the continuing reports of widespread, massive and grave violations of human rights perpetrated within the territory of the former Yugoslavia and especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including reports of summary and arbitrary executions, enforced disappearances, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, arbitrary arrest and detention, hostage-taking, lack of due process and lack of respect for the rule of law, restrictions on freedom of thought, expression and association, deliberate attacks on non-combatants, hospitals and ambulances, restrictions on access to food and health care, wanton devastation and destruction of property, and serious violations of human rights in places of detention.
Expressing its particular abhorrence at the concept and practice of "ethnic cleansing" in the former Yugoslavia, and especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which at a minimum entails deportations and forcible mass removal or expulsion of persons from their homes in flagrant violation of their human rights, and which is aimed at the dislocation or destruction *pf national, ethnic, racial or religious groups.
Deeply concerned that the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and deliberate violations of human rights have resulted in the creation of more than two and a half million refugees and internally displaced persons and that conditions conducive to their return in safety and dignity have not been achieved. Cognizant of the acute danger that the current conflict and its accompanying human rights abuses could spread to additional areas of the former Yugoslavia and of the need to take action to ensure this does not occur,
Noting the statement by the President of the Security Council on 4 August 1992 concerning reports of the imprisonment and abuse of civilians in camps, prisons and detention centres within the territory of the former Yugoslavia/ and especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which demands that international organizations, and in particular the International Committee of the Red Cross, be granted immediate, unimpeded and continued access to all such places, and which calls on all parties and organizations to make available to the Council any further information they may possess,
Recalling Security Council resolution 713 (1991) of 25 September 1991, 721 (1991) of 27 November 1991, 724 (1991) of 15 December 1991, 727 (1992) of 8 January 1992, 740 (1992) of 7 February 1992, 743 (1992) of 21 February 1992, 749 (1992) of 7 April 1992, 752 (1992) of 15 May 1992, 757 (1992) of 30 May 1992, 758 (1992) of 8 June 1992, 760 (1992) of 18 June 1992, 761 (1992) of 29 June 1992, 762 (1992) of 30 June 1992, 764 (1992) of 13 July 1992, 769 (1992) of 7 August 1992 and 770 (1992) of 13 August 1992,
Recalling that the former Yugoslavia was a party tu thé International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic/ Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,
Welcoming efforts by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to investigate reports of serious violations of fundamental human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, and welcoming also the interest of the Organization of the Islamic Conference,
Noting the statements by parties in the former Yugoslavia expressing their willingness to cooperate with international observers,
Noting also the decision adopted by the Sub-Commis s ion on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on 13 August 1992, which is annexed to the present resolution,
1. Condemns in the strongest terms all violations of human rights within the territory of the former Yugoslavia, and especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and calls upon all parties to cease these violations immediately and to take all necessary steps to ensure full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and humanitarian law;
2. Condemns absolutely the concept and practice of "ethnic cleansing"; 3. Expresses its alarm at all repressive policies and practices directed against members of particular ethnic groups, and also calls upon all parties to ensure the protection of the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities;
4» Calls upon all parties to release immediately all persons arbitrarily arrested or detained;
5* Demands that the International Committee of the Red Cross be granted immediate, unimpeded and continued access to all camps, prisons and other places of detention within the territory of the former Yugoslavia and that all parties ensure complete safety and freedom of movement for the International Committee of the Red Cross and otherwise facilitate such access;
6. Also demands that all parties in the former Yugoslavia extend full cooperation and protection to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and her staff, and to other international humanitarian organizations and relief workers, in carrying out their efforts to assist refugees and displaced persons in the former Yugoslavia;
7* Calls upon all parties in the former Yugoslavia to cease immediately the human rights violations that have produced refugees and displaced persons and to promote and ensure conditions conducive to their return to their homes in safety and dignity;
8. Affirms the absolute necessity of ensuring access for humanitarian assistance to those in need;
9* Reminds all parties that they are bound to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law, and in particular the third Geneva Convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war and the fourth Geneva Convention relating to the protection of civilian persons in time of war, of 12 August 1949, and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, and that persons who commit or order the commission of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions or their Additional Protocols are individually responsible in respect of such breaches;
10. Calls on all parties in the former Yugoslavia to fulfil their obligations under the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;
11 •• Affirms that States are to be held accountable for violations of human rights which their agents commit upon the territory of another State;
12. Requests its Chairman to appoint a special rapporteur to investigate first-hand the human rights situation in the territory of the former Yugoslavia/ in particular within Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to receive relevant, credible information on the human rights situation there from Governments, individuals, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, on a continuing basis, and to avail himself or herself of the assistance of existing mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights;
13. Requests the existing mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights, in particular the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, the Special Rapporteur on summary or arbitrary executions, the representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, to give urgent attention to the situation in the former Yugoslavia and to provide, on a continuing basis, their full cooperation, assistance and findings to the Special Rapporteur, and to accompany the Special Rapporteur in visiting the former Yugoslavia if he or she should so request;
14. Requests the Special Rapporteur to visit areas of interest in the former Yugoslavia, and particularly Bosnia and Herzegovina, forthwith and to report on an urgent basis to the members of the Commission on Human Rights, providing a preliminary report no later than 28 August 1992 on the situation of human rights in the former Yugoslavia, including his or her recommendations for bringing violations to an end and preventing future violations, and requests the Secretary-General to make the report of the Special Rapporteur available also to the Security Council;
15» Also requests the Special Rapporteur to report his or her findings and recommendations to the members of the Commission on Human Rights periodically thereafter until its next regular session, and to report to the ч General Assembly at its forty-seventh session, as well as to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-ninth session, under agenda item 12, and requests the Secretary-General to make the reports of the Special Rapporteur available also to the Security Council;
16» Further requests the Special Rapporteur to gather and compile systematically information on possible violations of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, including those which may constitute war crimes, and to make this information available to the Secretary-General, and notes that such information could be of possible future use in prosecuting violators of international humanitarian law;
17. Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary assistance to the Special Rapporteur to fulfil his or her mandate;
18. Requests all United Nations bodies and the specialized agencies, and invites Governments and informed intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to provide the Special Rapporteur, through the Centre for Human Rights, on a continuing basis, with all relevant and accurate information in their possession on the situation of human rights in the former Yugoslavia;
-5- 19. Demands that all parties in the territory of the former Yugoslavia cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the implementation of the present resolution;
20. Requests the Special Rapporteur to take into account and seek to complement the efforts being undertaken by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe with respect to the crisis in the former Yugoslavia;
21• Decides to remain seized of the issues.
14 August 1QQ? [Adopted without a vote.]
-6- Annex
DECISION OF THE SUB-COMMIS SI ON ON PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES
At its 14th meeting, on 13 August 1992, the Sub-Commission decided, without a vote, to adopt the following text:
"The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, meeting at its forty-fourth session, noting the convening of the special session on the former Yugoslavia of the Commission on Human Rights, taking into account that the right to life and other fundamental human rights are being extensively violated in the former Yugoslavia and conscious that the protection of different ethnic and religious groups is at the core of the mandate of the Sub-Commission,
•'Expresses its horror at and its total and unqualified condemnation of policies of so-called /ethnic cleansing1, which in the former Yugoslavia has generated vast displacements of people and large flows of refugees of the different ethnic groups, and in Bosnia and Herzegovina has affected, in particular, the Muslim population;
"Also expresses its deep concern at the existence of detention centres and allegations of serious human rights violations in those centres;
"Demands :
M(a) That steps be taken on an urgent basis to stop the massive violations of the right to life and other human rights;
11 (b) That the policies and practices of so-called 'ethnic cleansing1 be immediately brought to an end;
"(c) That displaced people be given the opportunity to return to their homes and that their safety be ensured;
11 (d) That full reparation be made for losses suffered as a result of the displacement;
"(e) That those responsible for the commission of crimes against peace and humanity and for war crimes be brought to justice and that steps be taken as a matter of urgency to this end. "
The Sub-Commission further decided to request its Chairman to transmit the decision to the Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, meeting in special session.
-7- III. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
1. The Economic and Social Council/ by its resolution 1990/48 of 25 May 1990, authorized the "Commission on Human Rights to meet exceptionally between its regular sessions, provided that a majority of States members of the Commission so agree".
2. By letter dated 5 August 1992 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights, the Government of the United States requested the convening of the Commission on Human Rights "in an exceptional session at the earliest possible date, to discuss the dangerous situation in the former Yugoslavia". The Under-Secretary-General proceeded to carry out consultations with the States members through a note verbale sent on 5 August, in which the date of 10 August at 6 p.m. (Geneva time) was fixed for reply. As the majority of the States members were in agreement (see E/CN.4/1992/S-1/1/Add.l, para. 3)/ the Under-Secretary-General convened the Commission on Human Rights to hold its first special session on 13 and 14 August 1992.
A. Opening and duration of the session
3. The Commission on Human Rights held its first special session at the United Nations Office at Geneva on 13 and 14 August 1992. It held four meetings (E/CN.4/1992/S-1/SR.1-4) ¿/ during the session.
4. The first special session was opened by Mr. Pal Solt (Hungary), Chairman of the Commission at its forty-eighth session, who made a statement. The Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights also addressed the Commission at its 1st meeting.
B. Attendance
5. The session was attended by representatives of States members of the Commission, by observers from other States Members of the United Nations, by observers from non-member States and by representatives of the specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations, national liberation movements and non-governmental organizations. An attendance list is given in annex I to the present report. С. Officers
6. The Commission had elected at its forty-eighth session the following officers, who continued to serve as the officers of the first special session of the Commission:
Chairman: Mr. Pal Solt (Hungary)
Vice Chairmen; Mr* Ronald Alfred Walker (Australia) Mr. Sirous Nasseri (Islamic Republic of Iran) Mr» Mohamed Ennaceur (Tunisia)
Rapporteur: Mrs* Ligia Galvis (Colombia)
£>• Agenda
7. At its 1st meeting on 13 August 1992, the Commission had before it the provisional agenda for the first special session (E/CN.4/1992/S-1/1 and Add.l), drawn up in accordance with rule 5 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council•
8. The representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya made a statement proposing to amend the title of agenda item 3 by adding at the end 11 : dangerous deterioration of the human rights situation in the former Yugoslavia, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina"•
9. In connection with the proposed amendment, statements were made by the -. following members of the Commission: Australia, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic ч Republic of), Iraq, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Netherlands, Pakistan, Senegal, Tunisia, United States of America,
10. The representative of the United States of America requested a vote on the proposed amendment.
11. Statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mauritania, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America.
12. No action was taken on the proposal.
13. The agenda was adopted without a vote. For the text of the agenda as adopted, see annex II to the present report* E* Organization of work
14. At its 1st meeting, the Commission considered the organization of its work.
15. The Commission accepted the recommendation of its officers regarding the limitation of the duration of statements» Members of the Commission, observers and non-governmental organizations were limited to one statement of 10 minutes. It was also agreed that, with regard to rights of reply, the practice followed by the Third Committee of the General Assembly, namely a limitation to two replies, five minutes for the first and three minutes for the second, would be observed.
16. The Commission also accepted the recommendation of its officers that the requirement stipulated in rule 52 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council should be waived.
F« Meetings, resolution and documentation
17. Of the four meetings held by the Commission, two were extended to the equivalent of two additional meetings.
18» The resolution adopted by the Commission at its first special session is contained in chapter II of the present report. A draft decision for action by the Economic and Social Council is set out in chapter I.
19» Annex III contains an estimate of the administrative and programme budget implications of the resolution of the Commission, in accordance with rule 28 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council.
20. Annex IV contains a list of documents issued for the first special session of the Commission. G. Other matters
21 • At the 1st meeting, the representatives of Australia, Austria, Canada/ Japan, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America made statements with regard to the question of the representation of Yugoslavia.
22. At the same meeting, the representative of Yugoslavia made a statement in reply to the statements mentioned in the previous paragraph. IV. LETTER DATED 5 AUGUST 1992 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA ADDRESSED TO THE UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[Agenda item 3]
23» The Commission considered agenda item 3 at its 1st to 4th meetings, on 13 and 14 August 1992.
24. The Commission had before it the following documents:
Letter dated 5 August 1992 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights (E/CN.4/1992/S-1/2);
Letter dated 11 August 1992 from the Permanent Representative of Yugoslavia to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights (E/CN.4/1992/S-1/3) ;
Note by the Chairman (E/CN.4/1992/S-1/4);
Letter dated 10 August 1992 from the President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (E/CN.4/1992/S-1/5);
Letter dated 7 August 1992 from the Chairman of the Committee on the. Elimination of Racial Discrimination addressed to the Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4/1992/S-1/6);
Note by the Secretariat (E/CN.4/1992/S-1/7);
Written statement submitted by the International Human Rights Law Group, a non-governmental organization in consultative status (category II) (E/CN.4/1992/S-1/NGO/1);
Written statement submitted by the World Federalist Movement, a non-governmental organization in consultative status (category II) (E/CN.4/1992/S-1/NG0/2)•
25. In the general debate on item 3, statements 2/ were made by the following members of the Commission: Argentina (2nd), Australia (2nd), Austria (2nd), Bangladesh (3rd), Brazil (2nd), Bulgaria (2nd), Canada (2nd), Chile (2nd), Colombia (3rd), Costa Rica (2nd), Cyprus (4th), Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (2nd), France (3rd), Germany (2nd), Ghana (3rd), Hungary (2nd), India (3rd), Indonesia (2nd), Iran (Islamic Republic of) (3rd), Italy (2nd), Japan. (2nd), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (3rd), Mauritania (3rd), Nigeria (2nd), Peru (3rd), Philippines (2nd), Russian Federation (2nd), Senegal (3rd),
-11- Sri Lanka (3rd), Tunisia (2nd), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2nd), United States of America (1st), Uruguay (3rd), Venezuela (3rd), Yugoslavia (2nd).
26. The Commission also heard statements by the observers for: Albania (4th), Algeria (2nd), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1st), Croatia (1st), Egypt (2nd), Finland (2nd), Israel (3rd)/ Malaysia (4th), Morocco (4th), New Zealand (2nd), Norway (2nd), Panama (4th), Poland (2nd), Slovenia (2nd), Sweden (2nd), Turkey (4th), Ukraine (4th), United Republic of Tanzania (4th), Yemen (2nd).
27. The observers for the Holy See (2nd) and Switzerland (2nd) made statements»
28. Statements were also made by the representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1st) and the United Nations Children's Fund (1st).
29. The observer for the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania made a statement (4th).
30. The observer for the International Committee of the Red Cross made a statement (1st).
31» The Commission also heard statements from the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International (2nd), Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches (2nd), Defence for Children International Movement (3rd), Friends World Committee for Consultation (2nd), Human Rights Advocates (2nd), International Association of Educators for World Peace (2nd)/ International Commission of Jurists (4th), International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (2nd), International Council of Voluntary Agencies (2nd), International Educational Development, Inc., (2nd), International Federation of Human Rights (4th)/ International Fellowship of Reconciliation (3rd), International Indian Treaty Council (4th), International Progress Organization (2nd)/ Minority Rights Group (3rd)/ Muslim World League (2nd), World Federalist Movement (4th)/ World Movement of Mothers (2nd)/ World University Service (2nd).
32, Statements in exercise of the right of reply or its equivalent were made by the representatives of the United States of America (2nd) and Yugoslavia (3rd) and by the observer for Croatia (4th),
33. At the 3rd meeting, on 14 August 1992/ the representative of the United States of America introduced draft resolution E/CN.4/1992/S~1/L,2 sponsored by Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh/ Belgium*/ Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia*/ the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Denmark*, Finland*, France, the Gambia/ Germany, Ghana, Greece*, Iceland*, Ireland*, Italy, Lesotho, Luxembourg*/ Madagascar/ the Netherlands, New Zealand*, Nigeria, Norway*, Pakistan, Panama*, the Philippines, Poland*, Portugal, Romania*/ Senegal, Slovenia*, Somalia, Spain*, Sweden*,
-12- Switzerland*/ the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. Azerbaijan*, Bahrain*, Burundi, Cyprus, Egypt*, El Salvador*, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia*, Malta*, Mexico, Oman*, Peru, Qatar*, the Republic of Korea*, the Sudan*, Tunisia, Turkey*, Uruguay and Venezuela subsequently joined the sponsors.
34* At the 4th meeting, on 14 August 1992, the representative of the United States of America orally revised the draft resolution as follows:
(a) In the fifth preambular paragraph "occurring11 was replaced by "perpetrated11;
(b) The tenth preambular paragraph, which read "Recalling Security Council resolution 713 (1991) of 25 September 1991 and subsequent Security Council resolutions on the subject" was replaced by a new paragraph;
(c) A new paragraph was added as the last preambular paragraph»
35. Statements relating to the draft resolution were made by the representatives of the Russian Federation and Yugoslavia and by the observers for Egypt and Malaysia.
36 • In accordance with rule 28 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council/ the attention of the Commission was drawn to an estimate of the administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution. 3/
37. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote»
38. Statements in explanation of their delegation's position were made by the representatives of Austria, Cuba, Iraq, Mexico and Sri Lanka»
39. The observer for Slovenia also made a statement*
40 • For the text as adopted, see chapter II/ resolution 1992/S-l/l.
41. At the same meeting, the Chairman announced the appointment of Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki (Poland) as the Special Rapporteur to investigate the human rights situation in the territory of the former Yugoslavia.
-13- V. REPORT TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ON THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION
[Agenda item 4]
42. At its 4th meeting, on 14 August 1992, the Commission considered and adopted the draft report on its first special session.
1/ Summary records of each of the meetings are subject to correction. They are considered as final with the issuance of a consolidated corrigendum (E/CN.4/1992/S-1/SR.1 ^/Corrigendum).
2/ The number in parentheses following the names of States or organi2ations indicates the meeting at which the statement was made*
3/ An estimate of the administrative and programme budget implications of the resolution appears in annex III.
-14- ANNEXES
ATTENDANCE
Members
Argentina
Mr. Juan Archibaldo Lanus, Mr» Ernesto M. Paz*, Mr. Guillermo Carvajal*, Mr. Gustavo Dzugala**
Australia
Mr* R.A, Walker, Mr. Bill Barker*, Mr, Ian Russell*
Austria
Mr. Helmut Tuerk, Mr. Winfried Lang, Mr. Felix Ermacora, Mr. Nikolaus Scherk*, Mr. Christian Strohal*, Mr. Thomas Michael Baier**, Mr. F.J. Homann-Herimberg**
Bangladesh
Mr, Mufleh R, Osmany, Mr. Iftikharul Karim**, Mr. Nasmul Quaunine**
Brazil Mr. José Alfredo Graça Lima, Mr. Marcos Vinicius Pinta Gama*
Bulgaria
Mr. Todor Bichev, Mr* Anguel Anastassov*
Burundi
Ms. Colette Samoya
Canada
Ms. Anne Park, Mr. Paul Dubois*, Mr. Alan H, Kessel*
* Alternate
** Adviser Chile
Mr« Ernesto Tironi, Mr* Roberto Garretón*, Mr. Pedro Oyarce*, Mr. Ignacio Llanos*/ Mr, Milan Ivelic*
China
Mr. Fan Guoxiang, Mr. Zhang .Yishan*, Mr. Pang Sen*, Mr. Zhou Yuxiao*, Mr. Wei Vîenhua*
Colombia
Mr. Eduardo Mestre Sarmiento, Ms* Ligia Galvis*, Mr. José Renato Salazar*, Mr. Ricardo Meléndez Ortiz**
Costa Rica
Mr. Jorge Rhenán-Segura, Mr* Javier Rodríguez Alpízar*, Mr. Vernor Muñoz*, Mr. Carlos Nalerio*
Cuba
Mr. José Pérez Novoa, Ms. Marianela Ferriol Echevarría*, Mr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacio*
Cyprus
Mr. Vanias Markides, Mr. Nicolaos Macris*,
Mr. George Zodiates*
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
Mr. Zdenék Venera, Mr. Petr Dusek*, Mr. Ivan Pinter*
Mr. Bernard Miyet, Mr. Jacques Manent*, Ms. Maryse Daviet*, Ms* Béatrice Le Fraper*, Ms. Sandrine Barre*/
Mr. Yachine Ghanty*
Gabon
Ms. Yolande Bike, Mr. Moulomba Hziengui*
Gambia
Mr. Hassan Gibril Germany
Mr» Gerhart Baton, Mr* Alois Jelonek*, Mr* Ulrich Rosengarten*, Mr. Werner Daum*, Mr, Joachim Baumgarten*,
Mr» Michael Flügger*, Mr. Gunter Rottler*, Mr* Wolfgang Wagner*
Ghana
Mr. Kojo Amoo-Gottfried, Mr» H.O. Blavo*/ Mr. Fritz Poku*
Hungary
Mr. Tibor Tóth, Mr* Endre Lontai*, Mr* Andras Gyuris*, Ms. Agnes Hevesi*\ India
Mr. Prakash Shah, Mrs. Neelam D» Sabharwal**, Mr. D» Chakravarti**, Mr. V.M. Kwatra**
Indonesia
Mr. Soemadi Brotodiningrat, Mr. N. Bassan Wirajuda**, Mr. T.A* Samodra**, Ms. Perwitorini Wijono**^ Mr. Percaya Desra**
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Mr* Massoud Hezvanian Eahaghi
Iraq
Mr* Barzan Al-Tikriti, Mr. Mohairaned Al-Douri*/ Mr. Bassam Koubba*^ Mr, Abdul Munim Al-Kadhi*, Mr. Mohammed Abdul Aziz Hussein*
Italy
Mr. Giulio di Lorenzo Badia, Mr* Alberto Balboni*, Ms. Paola Vigo*, Mr. Gian Luigi Mascia*, Mr. Fausto Pocar*
Mr. Tetsuo I to, Ms. Mari Miyoshi*, Mr. Keiichi Aizawa*/
Ms* Itsuko Nakai*
Lesotho
Mr. T.Z. Kolane Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Mr. Ibrahim Abdul-Aziz Omar, Ms. Siham A. Shaheen*
Madagascar
Mr. Laurent Radaody-Rakotonaravao, Mr. Pierre Verdoux Ms» Faralalao Rakotoniaina*
Mauritania
Mr. Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine, Mr. Ba Abdoul*
Mexico
Mr. Claude Heller, Ms. Erendira Paz Campos*
Netherlands
Mr* P.P. van Wulfften Pal the, Mr. L.L. Stokvis*, Mr. A. Kooijmans*
Nigeria
Mr. E.A* Azikiwe, Mr. A.B. Rimdap*, Mr. G.N.A. Agim*
Pakistan
Mr. Ahmad Kamal, Mr. Mohammad Younis Khan*, Mr. Irfan Baloch*, Mr. Mohammad Azam Alvi*
Peru
Mr. Oswaldo de Rivero, Mr. Fernando Quirós*,
Philippines
Mr. Hector K, Villarroel, Mr. Leslie В. Gatan*, Mrs. Bernarditas de Castro-Muller*
Portugal
Mr. Zózimo da Silva, Mr. José Julio Pereira Gomes*, Ms. Liliana Mascarenhas Neto*
Russian Federation
Mr. Evgeny N. Makeyev, Mr. Valéry V. Lochtchinine*» Mr. Serguey I. Kossenko*, Mr. Andrei A. Kovalev*, Mr. Michail A. Kaitchouk*, Mr. Alexander V. Tokarev* Senegal
Mr. Alioune Sene, Mr. Baila Mandaw Dia*, Ms. Marie Angélique Diatta*, Mr* Moussa Sane*
Somalia
Mr. Mohamed Omar Dubad, Mr. Aidiid Abdillahi Ilkahanaf*, Mr. Ahmed Abdi Isse*
Sri Lanka
Mr. B.A.B. Goonetilleke, Mr. M.M.À. Farouque*, Ms. A.Y. Dewaraja*
Syrian Arab Republic
Mr. Ahmad Fathi Masri, Mr. Clovis Khoury*, Mr. Adul-Hamid Salloum*, Ms. Sawsan Çhehabi*
Tunisia
Mr. Mohamed Ennaceur, Mr. Sainir Koubaa*, Mr. Ali Ben Malek*
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mr. M.R. Morland, Mr, G. Hand*, Mr. D.I. Campbell*, Mr. J. Rankin*, Mr. G. Perry*, Ms. H. Pickering*, Ms. V. Jennison*/ Ms. D. Sarat*/ Mr. M. Webber*
United States of America
Mr. John R. Bolton, Mr. Morris B. Abram*, Mr. J. Kenneth Blackwell*, Mr. Sheridan W. Bell, III**, Ms. Ramona G. Dunn**, Mr. Peter D. Eicher**, Mr. John D. Garner**, Ms. Dina Hellerstein**, Ms. Elizabeth A. Kimber**, Mr. H. Clarke Rodgers, Jr.**, Mr. Frank Ray, Jr.**, Mr. Clayton F. Ruebensaal**,
Ms. Hance M. Styles**, Mr. Steven Wagensell**
Uruguay
Ms. Inés Rodrigue2, Mr. Nelson Chabén*
Yugoslavia Mr. Branko Barnkovic, Mr. Miroslav Milosevic*, Ms. Olga Spasic*
-19- States Members of the United Nations represented by observers
Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan/ Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen
Non-member States represented by observers
Holy See, Switzerland
United Nations bodies
Offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Children's Fund
Specialized agencies
International Labour Organisation, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, World Health Organization
Interaovernmental organizations
Commission of the European Communities, Council of Europe, International Organization for Migration, League of Arab States, Organization of African Unity
National liberation movements
Palestine, Pan Africanist Congress of Azania
Other organizations
International Committee of the Red Cross
Non-Governmental organizations
Category I
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, International Council of Voluntary Agencies, International Movement ATD Fourth World, International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations, Muslim World League, World Confederation of Labour, World Federation of United Nations Associations, World Muslim Congress, Zonta International
-20- Category II
Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization/ Amnesty International, Anglican Consultative Council, Arab Lawyers Union, Arab Organization for Human Rights, Associated Country Women of the World, Baha'i International Community, Caritas Internationalis, Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches, Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations, Defence for Children International Movement, Four Directions Councily Friends World Committee for Consultation, Human Rights Advocates, Indigenous World Association, International Abolitionist Federation, International Association for Religious Freedom, International Association of Democratic Lawyers, International Association of Educators for World Peace, International Catholic Child Bureau, International Commission of Jurists, International Council of Jewish Women, International Federation of Human Rights, International Fellowship of Reconciliation, International Indian Treaty Council, International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoplesy International Movement for Fraternal Union among Races and Peoples, International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, International Service for Human Rights, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees, Pax Christi, Service Peace and Justice in Latin America, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, World Conference on Religion and Peace, World Federalist Movement, World Movement of Mothers, World Society of Victimology, World University Service, World Young Women's Christian Association
Centre Europe - Tiers Monde, Habitat International Coalition, International Educational Development/ Inc., International Falcon Movement/ International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic and Other Minorities/ International Progress Organization, International Studies Association/ Minority Rights Group/ Planetary Citizens, World Organization against Torture
-21- Annex II
AGENDA
1. Adoption of the agenda.
2. Organization of the work of the session.
3. Letter dated 5 August 1992 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights.
4* Report to the Economic and Social Council on the first special session.
-22- Annex III
ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAMME BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF RESOLUTION 1992/S-l/l ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION AT ITS FIRST SPECIAL SESSION
Implementation of resolution 1992/S-l/l of the Commission (see chapter II above) would require resources the precise level of which cannot be determined at this time. These were, however, provisionally estimated at some US$ 100/ 000• In line with established procedures for the treatment of "perennial activities", the costs of the activities under consideration would be accommodated from within the provisions under section 28 (Human rights) of the programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993. The overall financial performance under the heading "perennial activities" would be reported to the General Assembly in the context of the final budget performance report for the biennium 1992-1993,
-23- Annex IV
LIST OF DOCUMENTS ISSUED FOR THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION OF THE COMMISSION
Documents issued in the general series
Symbol Agenda item
E/CN.4/1992/S-1/1 Provisional agenda: note by the Secretariat
E/CN,4/1992/S-1/1/Add.l Annotations to the provisional agenda: note by the Secretariat
E/CN.4/1992/S-1/2 Letter dated 5 August 1992 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights
E/CN*4/1992/S-l/3 Letter dated 11 August 1992 from the Permanent Representative of Yugoslavia to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights
E/CN.4/1992/S-1/4 3 Note by the Chairman
E/CN.4/1992/S-1/5 3 Letter dated 10 August 1992 from the President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
E/CN.4/1992/S-1/6 Letter dated 7 Augtist 1992 from the Chairman of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination addressed to the Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights
E/CN.4/1992/S-1/7 Note by the Secretariat
E/CN-4/1992/S-1/SR.1-4 Summary records of the meetings of the and E/CN*4/1992/S-1/ first special session of the SR-1-4/Corrigendum Commission and Corrigendum thereto
-24- Documents issued in the limited series a/
Symbol Agenda item
E/CN.4/1992/S-1/L.1 Draft report of the first special session
E/CN.4/1992/S-1/L.2 Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Б1 Salvador, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Senegal, Slovenia, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay and Venezuela; draft resolution
Documents issued in the non-governmental organizations series
Symbol Agenda item
E/CN.4/1992/S-1/NG0/1 Written statement submitted by the International Human Rights Law Group, a non-governmental organization in consultative status (category II)
E/CN.4/1992/S-1/NGO/2 Written statement submitted by the World Federalist Movement, a non-governmental organization in consultative status (category II)
a/ The sponsors listed here include those who became sponsors of the draft resolution subsequent to the issue of the document*
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